Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	153
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	140
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	13
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	52
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	13
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	10
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	9
Registered Nurses (1990)	594
Registered Dieticians (1990)	8

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	0
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	11,218
Total beds (1999)	224
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	42,863
Outpatient visits (1999)	106,382
Emergency Department visits (1999)	29,359

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	20	55,723
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	13	30,567
Other HMOs (1998)	7	25,156

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	150,596	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	111,327	73.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	24,468	16.2
Blacks (1999)	10,320	6.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	713	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,768	2.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	26,500	17.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,216
Avg median household income (1997)	32,552
Persons in poverty (1997)	19,570
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11